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Article #3843

Re: Mailing fax machines

#3843
From: Michael C Davis
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:39
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Rudy Crespin (crespin@nadir.uucp) wrote:

: >From the 'Internet Service List', Scott Yanoff:
: >-FaxGate
: > offers: Send a Fax via computer
: > To: FaxGate@elvis.sovusa.com
: > Subject:
: > Body: help
: I tried this and my message bounced. Please post or email me if you 
: are more successfull than I.

I sent the message to FaxGate and received the following reply:

E-mail: Gatemaster@elvis.sovusa.com
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Phone: +7 (095) 532-86-89
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   How to use FaxGate.
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  To send fax through the FaxGate send text message 
to FaxGate@elvis.sovusa.com

  Your mail must have special header and then message itself.

  Header is a set of lines used by gate for correct handling of
your fax. Every line consists of keyword and parameters.

  -----------------------------------------------------



  FaxGate commands:

 1)  phone  -  full fax phone number. Phone number must include
 country code and city code to be handled correctly.

Example:

  phone +7 095 532-86-89

 2) time - when you want your message to be sent.(optional)

Example:

   time  20:45-22:30

  Time assumed to be Moscow. (GMT+4 for summer
                              GMT+3 for winter) !!!

  You always must use format hh:mm-hh:mm without any spaces. You
can set different times for weekdays and weekends.

Example :

   time  Wd#10:00-17:00  We#00:00-00:00

  3) point - sets font size (in typogrpahic points) for
text message ( optional ).

Example :

   point 8

If there is no "point" command default value ( 12 points ) will be set. 

   You can set point value in range from 6 to 24 points.

  4)  english - set language for gate messages ( optional ).
Default language is russian.

  5) expire - sets the date and time after that gate must stop any tries
to send your message  ( optional ).

Example :

   expire 25-09-1992 23:00

   expire command parameters must be in form DD-MM-YYYY HH:MM

Default value is 2 days do not including weekends.

 6)  begin  -  sets the beginning of the message.

You can't omit this command. It shows the beginning of the message
itself.

Be sure you used this command!

 7)  help - using this command you can receive this message.


      --------------------------------------------------

  Here is the example of letter to FaxGate.

> phone +7 095 532-86-89
> begin
>
> Any text here
>


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Who can use these gateways
--- --- --- ----- --------
  To use gateway registration is needed.
  For registration send a request (with your Email and Post addresses) 
to Gatemast@elvis.sovusa.com


                        Price List of FaxGate.

       1. Customers registration ...................... $10

       3. Fax message ................................  $2.5/page

       

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Michael Davis (cs89mcd@brunel.ac.uk)

	And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
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From: cs89mcd@brunel.ac.uk (Michael C Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Mailing fax machines
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Date: 22 Jan 93 16:39:39 GMT
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